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The Discourse on Lodging
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"Monks, a monk who possesses five factors and resorts to and uses a lodging that possesses five factors can soon, through the elimination of the mental corruptions, realise for himself, with direct knowledge, in this very life, the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom that are free from mental corruptions, and, having entered upon them, dwell in them.
"And how, monks, does a monk possess five factors? Here, monks, a monk has faith; he believes in the enlightenment of the Truth-finder - 'Thus indeed is the Blessed One, ... the Blessed One'; he is free from illness, free from disease, endowed with digestion that is even, neither too cold nor too hot, middling, capable of striving; he is not fraudulent and not deceitful, one who reveals himself as he really is to the Teacher, to the wise, or to his fellows in the holy life; he dwells putting forth strenuous energy for the abandoning of unwholesome mental states and for the acquisition of wholesome mental states; steadfast, of firm effort, not shirking the responsibility regarding wholesome mental states; he is wise, endowed with wisdom that discerns rise and fall, noble, penetrative, leading rightly to the complete elimination of suffering. Thus, monks, does a monk possess five factors.
"And how, monks, does a lodging possess five factors? Here, monks, a lodging is not too far and not too near, accessible for coming and going, uncrowded by day, with little noise and little disturbance at night, with little contact from gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and creeping things; for one dwelling in that lodging, the requisites of robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicine for the sick arise with little difficulty; in that lodging dwell elder monks who are very learned, who have learnt the collections, who are bearers of the Teaching, bearers of the monastic discipline, bearers of the matrices; he approaches them from time to time and questions, inquires - 'How is this, venerable sir? What is the meaning of this?' Those venerable ones open up what is not opened up for him, make clear what is not made clear, and dispel doubt regarding the various phenomena that are grounds for doubt. Thus, monks, does a lodging possess five factors. "Monks, a monk who possesses five factors and resorts to and uses a lodging that possesses five factors can soon, through the elimination of the mental corruptions, ... realise, ... and, having entered upon them, dwell in them." The first.